Güzelbahçe

Infobox Settlement
settlement_type = Town
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = TUR
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
map_caption =Location of Kemalpaşa within Turkey.
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
official_name = Güzelbahçe

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image_caption = Güzelbahçe seaside, with the twin coastal summits of Çatalkaya mountain chain visible in the background
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subdivision_type1=Region
subdivision_name1 = Aegean
subdivision_type2=Province
subdivision_name2 = İzmir
population_total = 19.918
population_urban =
population_as_of = 2006
population_footnotes = [http://www.izto.org.tr/NR/rdonlyres/898956C7-DD92-46C6-92D1-F06317523AE9/9346/16_GÜZELBAHÇE.pdf]
population_density_km2 = 349.4
area_total_km2 = 57
elevation_m = 0 - 250
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postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code = 35x xx
blank_info = 35|blank_name=Licence plate
area_code = (0090)+ 232
leader title = Mayor
leader_name =
website = [http://www.guzelbahce.bel.tr www.guzelbahce.bel.tr]
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gwebsite = [http://www.guzelbahce.gov.tr www.guzelbahce.gov.tr]

Güzelbahçe is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey. It is one of the nine districts in the Greater Metropolitan Area of İzmir, one of the smallest in terms both of population and area, and is highly urbanized at the rate of 82,7 per cent. Güzelbahçe district area follows the southern coastline of the inner Gulf of İzmir and is İzmir's westernmost district. Güzelbahçe center is at a distance of convert|24|km|mi|0|abbr=on to the west from the traditional center of İzmir (Konak), which it borders on the east. Güzelbahçe district area further neighbors the district areas of Menderes (Cumaovası) and Seferihisar to the south and Narlıdere to the west, this last also being among İzmir's metropolitan districts. The district's overall levels of education and income are among the highest in Turkey, the literacy rate reaching 90 per cent, and the average yearly income per inhabitant calculated to be 13.054 US Dollars, as a consequence of the choice of Güzelbahçe as domicile by many among the affluent classes of İzmir in the last decade, who continue to settle in housing projects of villa-type residences built in Güzelbahçe and its dependencies. Construction of luxury homes and settlement by many residents with U.S. or European educational and professional backgrounds resulted in the appearances of American-style suburban living in certain parts of the district.

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